Part,  Chapter, Paragraph

  1 Intro, A,1|             writes the holy Apostle,~John the Theologian (3 John 4). “
  2 Intro, A,1|               John the Theologian (3 John 4). “I have written briefly,
  3 Intro, A,1|              James, Peter, Jude, and John) which were addressed, not
  4 Intro, A,4|             is the list given by St. John Damascene in the Exact Exposition
  5 Intro, A,4|             Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; the Acts of the Apostles;
  6 Intro, A,4|               two of Peter, three of John, one of Jude); fourteen
  7 Intro, A,4|      Apocalypse (Revelations) of St. John the Theologian and Evangelist.)~
  8 Intro, A,4|             in the expression~of St. John Damascene, is the “Divine
  9 Intro, A,9|          essentially the work of St. John Damascene, the 8th century
 10 Intro, B,2|            the eighth century by St. John Damascene under the title
 11 Intro, B,2|       century attempt to do what St. John Damascene did in the 8th
 12 Intro, C,1|              Son of the living God” (John 6:68-69). Faith, and more
 13 Intro, C,1|              life~through His Name” (John 20:31), writes the Apostle
 14 Intro, C,1|              31), writes the Apostle John at the end of his Gospel,
 15 I, 1,3    |        living~water,” said the Lord (John 7:38); and the preaching
 16 I, 1,4    |   treasure-house of God,” writes St. John of Kronstadt (My~Life in
 17 I, 1,5    |              Him~is set forth by St. John Damascene in Book 1, ch.
 18 I, 1,5    |             the~Divine thought” (St. John of Kronstadt).~b) God has
 19 I, 1,5    |               He~hath declared Him” (John 1:18).~Thus, did the Savior
 20 I, 1,5    |              11:27). And the Apostle John the Theologian writes in
 21 I, 1,5    |            may know~the true God” (1 John 5:20).~Divine Revelation
 22 I, 1,6    |              to the Samaritan woman (John 4:23).~“The Lord is that
 23 I, 1,6    |            it no darkness at all” (1 John 1:5).~“God is love” (1 John
 24 I, 1,6    |          John 1:5).~“God is love” (1 John 4:8, 16).~“Our God as a
 25 I, 1,6    |               or, “as it seems” (St. John Damascene) is~a naming of
 26 I, 1,7    |            the Orthodox Faith by St. John Damascene:~“God is unoriginate,
 27 I, 1,9    |           Spirit.~“God is a Spirit” (John 4:24) (the words of the
 28 I, 1,9    |              Gen. 2:7) (Works of St. John Chrysostom, Vol. IV, Part
 29 I, 1,9    |              Genesis, XV, 2-3).)~St. John Damascene devotes one chapter
 30 I, 1,11   |             102:8). “God is love” (1 John 4:16). The Goodness of God
 31 I, 1,12   |             as Sts. Basil the~Great, John Chrysostom, and Gregory
 32 I, 1,15   |              can penetrate Him” (St. John Damascene). “That God is
 33 I, 1,15   |              the nature of God” (St. John Chrysostom).~
 34 I, 1,16   |        unending, and unceasing” (St. John Damascene). Thewords, filled
 35 I, 1,16   |           and without beginning (St.~John Damascene).~
 36 I, 1,18   |    worshipped~with one worship” (St. John Damascene, Exact Exposition
 37 I, 2,3    |              be with you all. Amen.”~John 15:26: “But when the Comforter
 38 I, 2,3    |              shall testify of Me.”~1 John 5:7: “For there are three
 39 I, 2,4    |            instructed by the Apostle John the Theologian, speaks clearly~
 40 I, 2,5    |             this we do not know (St. John Damascene).~No kind of logical
 41 I, 2,5    |              is “the only-begotten” (John 1:14; 3:16, and other places);
 42 I, 2,5    |             He shall testify of Me” (John 15:26). On the foundation
 43 I, 2,5    |           the time of His baptism by John. In historical time, the
 44 I, 2,5    |           unto you from the Father” (John 15:26).~Concerning the pre-eternal
 45 I, 2,5    |            the bosom of the Father” (John 1:18); and~concerning the
 46 I, 2,6    |             chapter of the Gospel of John the Theologian.~The concept
 47 I, 2,6    |         thought, is used much by St. John of Kronstadt~in his reflections
 48 I, 2,6    |               as well as the Apostle John the Theologian, were not~
 49 I, 2,7    |             shall show it unto you” (John 16:15); the words of the~
 50 I, 2,7    |               and from the Gospel of John, “He breathed on them, and
 51 I, 2,7    |         Receive ye the~Holy Spirit” (John 20:22).~In like fashion,
 52 I, 2,7    |         proceedeth from the Father” (John 15:26). The Holy Fathers
 53 I, 2,9    |             that the holy Evangelist John the Theologian wrote his
 54 I, 2,9    |              Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom, Gregory of~Nyssa,
 55 I, 2,9    |              Savior in the Gospel of~John: “My Father is greater than
 56 I, 2,9    |           Father is greater than I” (John 14:28). One should note
 57 I, 2,9    |            Matt. 26:39; Matt. 27:46; John 20:17) is to be found in
 58 I, 2,9    |             anything that was made” (John 1:1-3).~“Great is the mystery
 59 I, 2,9    |            God, and eternal life” (1 John 5:20).~“. . . Of whom as
 60 I, 2,9    |   exclamation of the Apostle Thomas (John 20:28).~“Take heed therefore
 61 I, 2,9    |        only-begotten of the Father” (John 1:14, 18).~“For God so loved
 62 I, 2,9    |              have everlasting life” (John 3:16).~c. He is equal in
 63 I, 2,9    |       worketh hitherto, and I work” (John 5:17).~For what things soever
 64 I, 2,9    |             doeth the Son likewise” (John 5:19).~“For as the Father
 65 I, 2,9    |            quickeneth~whom He will” (John 5:21).~“For as the Father
 66 I, 2,9    |            to have life in Himself”~(John 5:26).~“That all men should
 67 I, 2,9    |              they honor the Father” (John 5:23).~d. He is One in Essence
 68 I, 2,9    |              and My Father are one” (John 10:30) — in Greek, en esmen,
 69 I, 2,9    |               and the Father in Me” (John 14:11; 10:38).~“All Mine
 70 I, 2,9    |          Thine, and Thine are Mine” (John 17:10).~e. The word of God
 71 I, 2,9    |          Thee before the world was” (John 17:5).~f. Of His omnipresence:~“
 72 I, 2,9    |             Man which is in heaven” (John 3:13).~“For where two or
 73 I, 2,9    |        anything made that was made”~(John 1:3).~“For by Him were all
 74 I, 2,10   |             He shall testify of me” (John 15:26). “And when He is
 75 I, 2,10   |            of this world is judged” (John 16:8-11).~The Apostle Paul
 76 II, 3,2   |            same idea is found in St. John of Kronstadt (My Life in
 77 II, 3,3   |            which did not exist.” St. John Damascene says (as we have~
 78 II, 3,5   |             revelations given to St. John the Theologian in the Apocalypse.~
 79 II, 3,5   |          which is between them.” St. John Damascene~also follows the
 80 II, 3,5   |          eyes. Angels, instructs~St. John Damascene, “do not appear
 81 II, 3,5   |          Tobit 12:19).~“Now,” as St. John Damascene expresses it, “
 82 II, 3,5   |               p. 622). Likewise, St. John Damascene teaches: “The
 83 II, 3,5   |               Gregory the Dialogist, John~Damascene, and others. Here
 84 II, 3,5   |             the words of~the Apostle John the Theologian in the Apocalypse: “
 85 II, 3,5   |           The Seer~of mysteries, St. John, writes, in the 16th chapter,
 86 II, 3,6   |            giving of life to it. St. John Damascene notes: “The body
 87 II, 3,6   |              Pope Gregory the Great, John Damascene), while~acknowledging
 88 II, 3,6   |               Clement of Alexandria,~John Chrysostom, Ephraim the
 89 II, 3,6   |              view.~In his diary, St. John of Kronstadt has this observation: “
 90 II, 3,6   |           where He Himself would be (John 14:2-3). And to the thief
 91 II, 3,6   |              Gregory the Theologian, John Chrysostom, Blessed~Augustine,
 92 II, 3,6   |               Blessed~Augustine, St. John Damascene). Blessed Theodoret
 93 II, 4,1   |       worketh hitherto, and I work” (John 5:17). In these words of
 94 II, 4,2   |                is interpreted by St. John Damascene~as “the pinnacle
 95 II, 4,2   |             and fall into vice” (St. John Damascene, Exact Exposition,
 96 II, 5,2   |       sinneth from the beginning” (1 John 3:8). The word~“devil” means “
 97 II, 5,2   |             and the father of lies” (John 8:44). He drew the~other
 98 II, 5,3   |             us make note here of St. John of Kronstadt's reflection
 99 II, 5,3   |        murderer from the beginning” (John 8:44). In the Apocalypse
100 II, 5,3   |            44). In the Apocalypse of John the Theologian, he is~called “
101 II, 5,3   |           life. Of~this we read in 1 John 2:15-16, “Love not the world,
102 II, 5,3   |         worse thing come unto thee” (John 5:14).~With sin, death entered
103 II, 5,3   |        greatest of~the prophets, St. John the Forerunner, was “filled
104 II, 5,3   |           sinfulness of~the world (1 John 2:15-16). Sin is also present
105 II, 5,3   |            of the Spirit is~spirit” (John 3:6). Of course, this is
106 II, 5,3   |           literally 'ancestral sin.' John Karmiria, the Greek theologian,
107 II, 6,1   |              have everlasting life” (John 3:16).~“But God, Who is
108 II, 6,1   |        because He first loved us” (1 John 4:10-19).~God, in foreknowledge
109 II, 6,2   |           salvation is of the Jews” (John 4:22). The writings of the
110 II, 6,2   |              Me for he wrote of Me” (John 5:46).~Then came numerous
111 II, 6,2   |            will tell us all things” (John 4:25). It is revealed in
112 II, 6,2   |              of the Jews who came to~John the Baptist: “Art thou the
113 II, 6,2   |               Art thou the Christ?” (John 1:20-25); in the words addressed
114 II, 6,2   |             have found the~Messiah” (John 1:41), and likewise in the
115 II, 6,2   |          calling to the apostleship (John 1:44-45). Another testimony
116 II, 6,3   |              and dwelt among~us...” (John 1:1-3, 14).~Thus does the
117 II, 6,3   |             Thus does the Evangelist John announce the glad tidings
118 II, 6,3   |              of faith the Evangelist John concludes the main text
119 II, 6,3   |              life through His name” (John 20:31); that is, the preaching
120 II, 6,3   |            full of grace and truth” (John~1:14, 1:18).~“For God so
121 II, 6,3   |              have everlasting life” (John 3:16).~Likewise, the Sacred
122 II, 6,3   |            God, and eternal life” (1 John 5:20).~Similarly, the word “
123 II, 6,3   |              Man, He was baptized~of John in the Jordan; He went about
124 II, 6,3   |             was troubled in spirit” (John 13:21), showed~dissatisfaction,
125 II, 6,3   |           will of Him that sent me” (John 6:38).~In his Exact Exposition
126 II, 6,3   |              the Orthodox Faith, St. John Damascene speaks thus of
127 II, 6,3   |             Christ is defined by St. John Damascene as “mutually immanent” (
128 II, 6,3   |             chapter of the Gospel of John: “In the~beginning was the
129 II, 6,3   |          flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:1,14). On this foundation,
130 II, 6,3   |       Hypostasis is explained by St. John~Damascene in the Exact Exposition
131 II, 6,4   |           Divine Son to His disciple John; and~“From that hour that
132 II, 6,4   |              her unto his own home” (John 19:27). Evidently, as the
133 II, 6,4   |             marriage. See Archbishop John Maximovitch, The Orthodox
134 II, 6,4   |           Conception, see~Archbishop John, The Orthodox Veneration
135 II, 6,4   |          holy Prophet and Forerunner~John.~On the one hand, we see
136 II, 6,4   |              Patriarchs in 1672. St. John Damascene in~his second
137 II, 6,6   |            Matt. 3:10). Thus did St. John the Forerunner~warn and
138 II, 6,6   |            of the holy righteous Fr. John of Kronstadt, from his sermon
139 II, 6,6   |          away the sin of the world” (John 1:29).~“And He is the propitiation
140 II, 6,6   |          sins of the~whole world” (1 John 2:2).“Christ died for all,
141 II, 6,6   |           whatsoever I command you” (John 15:14); and in the~same
142 II, 6,6   |            calls them “My children” (John 13:33); “as the Father hath
143 II, 6,6   |            Me, so have I~loved you” (John 15:9). And the Apostles
144 II, 6,6   |            17). And the Holy Apostle John, he who lay upon the breast
145 II, 6,6   |           shall see Him as~He is” (1 John 3:2).~He Who sanctifies
146 II, 6,6   |            Apocalypse to the Apostle John the Theologian: “Thou wast~
147 II, 6,6   |              in the First Epistle of John: “Herein is love, not~that
148 II, 6,6   |        propitiation for our sins” (1~John 4:10;. “Propitiation” is
149 II, 6,6   |             word is to be found in 1 John 2:2, and in St. Paul's epistle
150 II, 6,7   |              Me through their word” (John 17:19-20).~The Apostle Paul
151 II, 6,7   |        declared unto them Thy name” (John 17:6, 26);~b) concerning
152 II, 6,7   |       Kingdom is not of this world” (John 18:36-37).~The Lord appeared
153 II, 6,7   |         perfect Man,”~as teaches St. John Damascene (Exact Exposition
154 II, 6,8   |              To use the words of St. John Chrysostom, “Hell was taken
155 II, 6,8   |               there ye may be also” (John 14:2-3). The Saviour prayed
156 II, 6,8   |           which Thou hast given Me” (John 17:24). And the Apostles
157 II, 6,8   |             in the Apocalypse. Saint John the~Theologian saw around
158 II, 6,8   |          retain, they are retained” (John 20:22-23). And ten days
159 II, 7,1   |           shall ye be My disciples” (John~15:1-8).~b) The image of
160 II, 7,1   |              fold and one~shepherd” (John 10:1-16).~c) The image of
161 II, 7,3   |              flock and One Shepherd (John 10:16). “All~power as given
162 II, 7,3   |             to the Apocalypse of St. John the Theologian, “He that
163 II, 7,4   |          difference in dignity” (St. John Chrysostom, “Eulogy~for
164 II, 7,4   |   ever-memorable Russian Pastor, St. John of Kronstadt, in his “Thoughts
165 II, 7,4   |          believe in the Church” (St. John of Kronstadt, “What Does
166 II, 7,4   |             In the Apocalypse~of St. John the Theologian we read: “
167 II, 7,5   |           that they all may be one”~(John 17:21).~The Church is one
168 II, 7,5   |             abide with you forever” (John 14:16). The Mystery of the
169 II, 7,5   |      constant existence. The~Apostle John the Theologian writes: “…
170 II, 7,5   |             His Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3).~These words have for
171 II, 7,5   |           bear the name of Peter, or John, or some other. The Church
172 II, 7,6   |          retain, they are retained” (John 20:21-23). These words mean
173 II, 7,6   |         Receive ye the Holy Spirit” (John 20:21), testify that this
174 II, 7,6   |              to the Apostle Peter in~John 21:15, 17), and of the Apostles: “
175 II, 7,6   |           Apostles,~James, Peter and John, the Apostle Paul explains
176 II, 7,6   |       Polycarp, who was appointed by John; the Roman~Church presents
177 II, 8,1   |         conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:5-6).~As to how the growth
178 II, 8,1   |            and the pride of life” (1 John 2:15-16). It is the cleaning
179 II, 8,3   |            of~the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:3-6).~The establishment
180 II, 8,3   |          baptism from the baptism~of John or anything similar to it,
181 II, 8,4   |            by the Apostles Peter and John through~laying on of hands
182 II, 8,4   |           lacking in them, Peter and John~accomplished . . . Thus
183 II, 8,4   |               sent to~them Peter and John, who came and prayed for
184 II, 8,4   |             only with the baptism of John, “When they heard this,
185 II, 8,4   |           the Epistle of the Apostle John we read: “But ye have an
186 II, 8,4   |            ye shall abide in Him” (1 John~2:20-27). In the words quoted
187 II, 8,4   |           from the Apostles Paul and John the term “anointing” indicates
188 II, 8,4   |             the Samaritans Peter and John specifically in order to
189 II, 8,5   |              the life of the world” (John 6:51). The Jews evidently
190 II, 8,5   |          give~us His flesh to eat?” (John 6:52). And the Lord did
191 II, 8,5   |       dwelleth in Me, and I in him” (John~6:53-56).~His disciples
192 II, 8,5   |           saying; who can~hear it?” (John 6:60), they said, The Saviour,
193 II, 8,5   |     ascending where He was before…”~(John 6:61-62). Further Christ
194 II, 8,5   |           Spirit and they are life” (John 6:63). By this remark~Christ
195 II, 8,5   |               He added immediately” (John 6:64).~By these words the
196 II, 8,5   |           was given in the Gospel of John, the very establishment
197 II, 8,5   |             chapter~of the Gospel of John concerning His Body and
198 II, 8,5   |              Blood is drink indeed” (John 6:55).~This truth is expressed
199 II, 8,5   |              of water into wine (St. John Chrysostom, St. Ambrose,
200 II, 8,5   |              own body and blood~(St. John Damascene).~The manner in
201 II, 8,5   |              Basil the Great and St. John Chrysostom, before the~sanctification
202 II, 8,5   |            is called artos in Greek (John, ch. 6, the Gospels of Matthew,
203 II, 8,5   |           Blood, hath eternal life” (John 6:53-54).~The saving fruits
204 II, 8,5   |       dwelleth in Me, and I in him” (John 6:56).~It nourishes our
205 II, 8,5   |           even be shall live by Me” (John 6:57).~Being received worthily,
206 II, 8,5   |           bread shall live forever” (John 6:58).~However, one should
207 II, 8,6   |         retain, they are retained'” (John 20:21-23). Moreover, even
208 II, 8,6   |             them by God Himself.~St. John Chrysostom, having in mind
209 II, 8,6   |            commanded even to pray (1 John 5:16). Finally,~the Apostle
210 II, 8,6   |            forgiven. “For,” says St. John Chrysostom~about the blasphemy
211 II, 8,6   |             In the Apocalypse of~St. John the Theologian we read: “
212 II, 8,7   |             his life for~the sheep” (John 10:14, 11). Here we find
213 II, 8,7   |             the breathing of~Christ (John 20:22). The election of
214 II, 8,9   |             Sts. Basil the Great~and John Chrysostom, who have left
215 II, 9,1   |      availeth much" (James~5:16). St John the Theologian saw in revelation
216 II, 9,2   |            be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13).~In God all are alive.
217 II, 9,2   |             he shall pray for it” (1 John 5:14-16).~Corresponding
218 II, 9,2   | above-mentioned words of the~Apostle John: “I do not say that he should
219 II, 9,2   |             St. Basil the Great, St. John Chrysostorn, and St.~Gregory
220 II, 9,2   |            of the Lord Jesus Christ (John 14:13-14), and by the power
221 II, 9,2   |        indeed profitable for us. St. John Damascene remarks: “If anyone
222 II, 9,3   |           the truth is not in us” (1 John~1:8). Therefore, no matter
223 II, 9,3   |            have called you friends” (John 15:14-15), whom He has received~
224 II, 9,3   |               there ye may be also”~(John 14:3). When this happens,
225 II, 9,3   |              Me, I have given them” (John 17:22), and we indeed~give
226 II, 9,3   |        prayer with them.~The Apostle John wrote to his fellow Christians: “
227 II, 9,3   |             His Son Jesus Christ” (1 John 1:3). And in the Church
228 II, 9,3   |            book of Revelation of St. John the Theologian: “And I~beheld,
229 II, 9,4   |             in spirit and in truth” (John~4:23-24). The Christian
230 II, 9,5   |           was set forth first by St. John Damascene in his treatises
231 II, 9,6   |              Ephraim the Syrian, St. John Chrysostom, Blessed Augustine,
232 II, 9,6   |              their shoulders, as St. John~Chrysostom later testified, “
233 II, 9,7   |          visions to the holy Apostle John the~Theologian in the Apocalypse.
234 II, 0,2   |              who will “take it” (St. John Chrysostom.). For, on the
235 II, 0,2   |              Great,~Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, and others.~
236 Add, 0,4  |        striking picture found in St. John Chrysostom: “If, in setting
237 Add, 0,4  |              as a prey to them” (St. John Chrysostom, Homily 2, “On
238 Add, 0,4  |             to the Guardian Angel of John the Monk, in the Prayer~
239 Add, 0,5  |           and second epistles of St. John the Theologian. But in a
240 Add, 0,5  |             in the Apocalypse of St. John the Theologian (Chapters
241 Add, 0,5  |             In the Apocalypse of St. John the Theologian there is
242 Add, 0,6  |            38; Luke 12:40 and 17:24; John 14:3). The angels declared
243 Add, 0,6  |           verses 14-15); the Apostle~John (1 John 2:28); the Apostle
244 Add, 0,6  |             15); the Apostle~John (1 John 2:28); the Apostle Peter (
245 Add, 0,6  |         through Him might be saved” (John 3:17); He came “to give~
246 Add, 0,7  |          resurrection of damnation” (John 5:28-29). When the Sadducees~
247 Add, 0,7  |          resurrection of damnation” (John 5:29). “There shall be a~
248 Add, 0,7  |            of the seer of mysteries (John the Theologian) in the 20th
249 Add, 0,7  |               in Mark 3:27 (see also John 12:31, the words of Christ
250 Add, 0,7  |           future Universal Judgment: John 5:22, 27-29; Matt. 16:27;
251 Add, 0,7  |             In the Apocalypse~of St. John the Theologian this place
252 Add, 0,7  |           torments of gehenna.). St. John Damascene remarks: “Sinners
253 Add, 0,7  |           406).~“I know,” writes St. John Chrysostom, “that many are
254 Add, 0,7  |             in the Apocalypse of~St. John the Theologian the “second
255 Add, 0,7  |            house are many mansions” (John 14:2); “He shall~reward
256 App, 1    |     Comforter, and The Revelation of~John).In connection with these
257 App, 3    |              receiving~of grace. St. John Damascene writes: “There
258 App, 4    |            while ye~have the light,” John 12:35); the Hypostatic Life (“
259 App, 5,2  |             prophets (among whom St. John the Forerunner is~pre-eminent)
260 App, 5,3  |            down to us from Patriarch John XIV~(reigned 1333-47) addressed
261 App, 5,3  |      concerning the numbering of St. John of~Crete and his ninety-eight
262 App, 5,3  |              of Crete, the venerable John the desert-dweller and his
263 App, 5,4  |       Pitirim, Bishop of Tambov; St. John, Metropolitan of Tobolsk;~